| New Chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Fiction, Historical, United States, People & Places, Readers - Chapter Books Contributor(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606647563 ISBN-13: 9781606647561 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Jacob Moody of Riverboro was tall, gaunt and swarthy, black-bearded -- his masses of grizzled, uncombed hair and the red scar across his nose and cheek adding to his sinister appearance. His tumble-down house stood on a rocky bit of land back of the Sawyer pasture, and the acres of his farm stretched out on all sides of it. He lived alone, ate alone, plowed, planted, sowed, harvested alone, and was more than willing to die alone, "unwept, unhonored, and unsung." So who would ever think to visit him, and urge him to attend church? But a new Home Mission society has been set up by the girls, which has elected as its first president that "will-o'-the-wispish little person," Rebecca! And when she sets her mind to a task . . . Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), author of such works as "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," "Penelope's English Experiences," and "A Village Stradivarius," was one of America's most popular writers of books for young people. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 152 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas: - "Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 - 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor." |